The MPAA will control your television
 

Losing Control of Your TV
The latest anti-piracy move will prevent you from making high-quality copies of broadcast TV programs. And the new "broadcast flag" technology enables all manner of other restrictions.

In the future, the Motion Picture Association of America will control your television set. Every TV sold in the United States will come equipped with an electronic circuit that will search incoming TV programs for a tiny electronic ?flag.? The MPAA?s members will control this flag, putting it into broadcast movies and television shows as they see fit. If the flag is present, your TV will go into a special high-security mode and lock down its high-quality digital outputs. If you want to record a flagged program, you?ll have to do so on analog tape or on a special low-resolution DVD. Any recording will be limited to analog-quality sound. This security measure is not designed to protect the television from viruses or computer hackers?it?s designed to protect TV programs from you.

This future arrives on July 1, 2005.

http://www.technologyreview.com/arti...nkel030304.asp

It's nice to have the freedom to limit everyone else's freedom.